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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einstein want Nora and Travis to do?

2. What are the two kinds of people in the world?

3. What did the dog do when approached with the thing he didn't like?

4. What did Nora choose to do following her experience with Streck?

5. What did Travis and Nora have in common and speak most about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wes believe the thing in the bushes sounded like?

2. What wounds did Art gain as a result of Einstein and Nora?

3. Why doesn't Tracy tell the truth about the attack she suffered?

4. What did Travis compare and contrast in the dog's behavior?

5. How did Vince enter the home of Dr. Yarbeck?

6. What does Vince want with Johnny the Wire?

7. What was Vince doing in Weatherby's garage?

8. Who was Wes Dalburg?

9. What was it that attracted Travis' attention to Nora?

10. What was Einstein so persistent about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Nora and Travis convince the vet to let them stay, and then not to turn Einstein in? What made the vet's decision a morally sound one? What in this decision could have jeopardized his career and why? What would you have done in the same situation?

Essay Topic 2

Who would you rather have at your side, Einstein or Walt? Why is this your choice? If you could have any character as a friend in this book who would it be and why?

Essay Topic 3

The Outsider and Einstein both have a different view of society not only due to genetics but due to the way they were treated. Explain both views of humanity, and why you think each character takes that view. Which do you most identify with and why? What do you think is the stimulus for you feeling this way?

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